Tim Bridgman drove a faultless race to win round 14 of the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Knockhill today (Sunday 16 August 2009). Bridgman headed title rival Tim Harvey as Glynn Geddie completed a pro-am1 double and fellow Scot George Brewster made it a good day for the home crowd by winning pro-am2.

On a fully dry track, Harvey (Red Line Racing) converted pole into an early lead, but Bridgman (Team Parker Racing) dived cleanly through into the lead at the Hairpin on lap three and was able to edge clear. While Bridgman consolidated his lead, Harvey came under pressure from team mate James Sutton and Michael Caine (Motorbase Performance), as Caine battled through to fourth from sixth on the grid.

But the race belonged to Bridgman, who had gone over five seconds clear by the end of 30 laps. "I'm very pleased with that," said Bridgman. "This morning's race was far from ideal, so it was good to come back with a strong win." Harvey fended off Sutton for second, but accepted that he did not have the pace to take the fight to Bridgman. "The set-up wasn't quite right and we had a bit too much understeer," reported Harvey.

Initially, it seemed like Caine would take the fight to Sutton and Harvey, but he found his car losing power slightly from mid-race. "The car was perfect but then I lost power. We had the same problem in the first race and we thought we'd sorted it out."

Behind the top four, a fine drive from Tom Bradshaw (Team Parker Racing) took him clear of a squabbling pack to take fifth in one of his best races of the season so far. Completing the top six and taking a double pro-am1 win was Geddie, who battled ahead of Robert Lawson (JHR) in the early laps to conclude a great weekend. Geddie was also named 'driver of the weekend', while Motorbase Performance won the 'team of the weekend' award for an outstanding performance in the opening race. Behind Geddie things were far from settled as up to six cars battled furiously, with Lawson trying to fend off Tony Gilham (Red Line Racing), Charles Bateman (Team Parker Racing), Derek Pierce (JHR), Ollie Jackson (Motorbase Performance) and Andrew Herron (Porsche Motorsport). Lawson was struggling with an ill-handling car after a knock from Geddie and so it was Gilham who tigered his way to seventh and second in pro-am1, despite a wild ride across the gravel at Duffus Dip. Lawson took third in pro-am1 from Jackson, while Herron and Pierce spun at Duffus after contact, which sent Herron into the tyre wall. Hopes of another big battle in pro-am2 were dashed early on when Paul Hogarth (IN2Racing) was hit by Bob Lyons (Celtic Speed) at McIntyres. Hogarth limped to the pits with a puncture, while Lyons was out on the spot. Instead, Brewster (Celtic Speed) swept through to win from Parr Motorsport duo Glenn McMenamin and Robin Clark.